Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh

This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates su...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Liu, Yanyan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADULT MALES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ATTRITION BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BENEFICIARIES CASH TRANSFERS CASUAL WORKERS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOME COUNTERFACTUAL OUTCOMES CROWDING OUT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRICTS EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EXTREME POVERTY FEMALE FEMALE EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEMALES FOOD FOR WORK FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD-FOR-WORK GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INNOVATIONS INSURANCE INTERVENTION IRRIGATION JOB SEEKERS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABORERS LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MINIMUM WAGE NUTRITION PARTICIPATION RATES PAYING JOBS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY STATUS PROGRAM COST PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAM EFFECTS PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM RENTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PUBLIC SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELECTION BIAS SELF-HELP SHELTER SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUPPLIERS TARGETING TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT EFFECTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES VILLAGE LEADERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WAGE EFFECTS WAGE GAP WAGE INCOME WAGE INCREASES WAGE RATE WELFARE INDICATORS WOMEN WORKERS WORKER governance public investment
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18030262/welfare-poverty-impacts-indias-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-evidence-andhra-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15903

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Summary:	This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates suggest that participants significantly increase consumption (protein and energy intake) in the short run and accumulate more nonfinancial assets in the medium term. Direct benefits exceed program-related transfers and are most pronounced for scheduled castes and tribes and households supplying casual labor. Asset creation via program-induced land improvements is consistent with a medium-term increase in assets by nonparticipants and increases in wage income in excess of program cost.

Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh

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